I first started "teaching" in 1968 as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Virginia Tech but then I took a 34 year "sabbatical" until 2004.  I'm entering my 16th year as a math teacher at Verona High School and my 17th year teaching in public schools. 

Before coming to VHS I taught 7th grade in Plainfield for two years, the city where I have lived for the past 28 years.  At VHS this year I will be teaching Algebra 2, CP Statistics, and Discrete Math. 

I have also taught AP Statistics, Algebra 1, Fundamentals of Algebra 1, Advanced Algebra Honors, Algebra 3/Trigonometry, Honors Pre-Calculus and Geometry.

Prior to becoming a teacher in 2004 I worked for ExxonMobil for 34 years in a wide variety of jobs in New Jersey, New York, Texas and Saudi Arabia.  For ExxonMobil, I was an Operations Analyst, Distribution Specialist, Warehouse Office Supervisor, Industrial Salesman, Real Estate Appraiser, Employee Relations Specialist, Industrial Engineer, Safety Specialist and Environmental Compliance Advisor. But I've never worked in a gas station and I hate pumping my own gas!

I have also worked as a paper boy, milkman, school custodian, camp dishwasher, pot washer and cook, camp and Boys' Club waterfront director, art slide dot painter (college work-study job), waiter, graduate teaching assistant, university student center night manager, tutor, adjunct college professor, soccer coach, and intelligence analyst (I say SPY) for the US Army.